The Immigration Churn
Doug Noble | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-10
Rochester NY pastor Katie Jo Suddaby was recently on the Southern border and witnessed first-hand the horrors the US is perpetrating on Central American migrants there. She reported about this at The Historic Calvary at Andrews Church; what follows is my writeup of her talk. Rev Suddaby started with the central, chilling point she wanted us,…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/10/the-immigration-churn/

Immigrants in WA Detention Center Demand Protection from Coronavirus, Not Posters in English
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-10
As the world responds to the COVID-19 outbreak, we look at how the Trump administration\'s immigration policies may put everyone at risk. We go to Seattle, Washington, not far from the Life Care Center in the suburb of Kirkland, which was the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak. In nearby Tacoma, Washington, our guest says she saw posters in English only when she went to visit immigrants held in the Northwest Detention Center, which is run by private prison company GEO Group. We speak with Maru Mora Villalpando, an activist and undocumented immigrant with the groups La Resistencia and Mijente, who issued a…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/10/coronavirus_ice

Activists Call for Health Measures to Prevent Coronavirus at Immigrant Jails
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-10
As the world responds to the COVID-19 outbreak, we look at how the Trump administration\'s immigration policies may put everyone at risk. We go to Seattle, Washington, not far from the Life Care Center in the suburb of Kirkland, which was the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak. In nearby Tacoma, Washington, our guest says she saw posters in English only when she went to visit immigrants held in the Northwest Detention Center, which is run by private prison company GEO Group. We speak with…
truthout.org/video/activists-call-for-health-measures-to-prevent-coronavirus-at-immigrant-jails/

Family Separation Is Torture, According to Physicians for Human Rights
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-03-10
Family Separation Is Torture, According to Physicians for Human Rights…
thenation.com/article/society/trump-immigration-torture-coronavirus/

New Caravan of Honduran Migrants Advances to the United States
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Honduras\' social movements and civil organizations called for a new caravan of migrants that will leave this Tuesday from San Pedro Sula province, in the north of the country, towards the U.S.-Mexico border. | RELATED: | Migrant Caravan Gathers on Guatemala Border To Enter Mexico | For the third time this year, hundreds of migrants will try to reach the United States by land, after trespassing Guatemala and Mexico. | In this country, the National Guard could block their way, once…
telesurenglish.net/news/new-caravan-of-honduran-migrants-advances-to-the-united-states-20200310-0011.html

Ankara to host migration summit, defies EU pressure to shut border
rt.com | 2020-03-10
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he would not stop migrants trying to cross Turkey\'s border into Greece despite EU pressure to do so. He also announced a summit next week in Istanbul with European leaders to seek a solution to the crisis. | \"Our proposal to Greece is to open the gates,\" he told reporters on his plane back to Turkey after discussing the migrant crisis on Monday in Brussels with top EU officials. \"These people won\'t stay in Greece. Let them cross from Greece into other European countries,\" he said. | Erdogan said he would convene a summit in Istanbul on March 17 on the migrant issu…
rt.com/newsline/482747-turkey-migration-summit-eu/

Elon Musk is acting like a neo-Conquistador for South America\'s lithium
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-03-10
Elon Musk, the head of Tesla, wants to build an electric car factory in Brazil. He was supposed to meet Jair Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil, in Miami in early March, but he was too busy; instead, Musk will go to Brazil sometime this year. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/09/elon-musk-is-acting-like-a-neo-conquistador-for-south-americas-lithium/

Chile Denounces Government Repression During Feminist Strike
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
The feminist general strike called in Chile on Monday as part of the celebrations of International Women\'s Day was repressed by the police of President Sebastian Piñera\'s government, according to the National Institute of Human Rights (INDH). | RELATED: | Chile: General Strike on Second Day of Feminist Protests | \"Even though this was a peaceful day, which called to defend gender equality, the carabineros (Chilean police) attacked the demonstrators,\" the INDH president Sergio Micco to…
telesurenglish.net/news/chile-denounce-government-repression-during-feminist-strike-20200310-0006.html

Afghanistan \"peace\" deal stalls as Kabul rivals are both sworn in as president
wsws.org | 2020-03-10
The swearing in of two rival presidents of the US-backed puppet regime has upended so-called intra-Afghan talks set to begin today.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/10/afgh-m10.html

PSL Public Forum: A Women\'s Place is in the Struggle: Honoring IWD
Jon Britton | indybay.org | 2020-03-10
San Jose Peace & Justice Center, 48 S Seventh Street, San Jose, CA 95112…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/09/18831402.php

Israeli IDF Snipers Boast of Shooting \'Ducks\' in Gaza\'. Boasting About Their Hits. Unspoken Crimes against Humanity
Jonathan Ofir | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
Two days ago (Friday) a piece came out in Haaretz by Ido Glazer, featuring stories from five anonymous snipers who told how they gunned down unarmed protesters at the March of Return near the Gaza perimeter fence. | These accounts are …
globalresearch.ca/remember-knee-crosshairs-bursting-open-israeli-snipers-boast-shooting-ducks-gaza/5705911

The Organization of American States Is Eroding Faith in Democracy
Laura Carlsen | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-10
The actions of the OAS Electoral Mission in Bolivia, headed by the Costa Rican Manuel González Sanz, triggered a break with the democratic order, leading not only to the coup but the subsequent killings of pro-Morales protesters by security forces, who specifically targeted indigenous supporters of the nation\'s first indigenous president.
counterpunch.org/2020/03/10/the-organization-of-american-states-is-eroding-faith-in-democracy/

Prison riots erupt as Rome extends coronavirus lockdown to all of Italy
wsws.org | 2020-03-10
Inmates\' families protested outside prisons against the authorities\' refusal to release prisoners or provide them with protection from contagion inside overcrowded prisons.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/10/ital-m10.html

Prison riots erupt as Rome extends coronavirus lockdown to all of Italy
wsws.org | 2020-03-10
Inmates\' families protested outside prisons against the authorities\' refusal to release prisoners or provide them with protection from contagion inside overcrowded prisons.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/10/ital-m10.html

Syrian Christian Village Awaits the End of Al Qaeda\'s Occupation of Idlib
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
The western media has focused on Idlib as the last \'rebel\' held area in Syria; however, it is held by Al Qaeda, not Syrian rebels. The Syrian rebels, aka \" Free Syrian Army\" , ceased to exist years …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-christian-village-awaits-end-al-qaeda-occupation-idlib/5705996

Working Families Party picks Bernie over Biden after Warren exits race
Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-10
With the candidate it backed, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, now out of the Democratic presidential race, the Working Families Party, a political force in Northeastern states and growing elsewhere, chose on March 9 to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., over former Vice President Joseph Biden. The WFP\'s nod was the second big-ticket endorsement the democratic socialist …
peoplesworld.org/article/working-families-party-picks-bernie-over-biden-after-warren-exits-race/

SYRIZA\'s Betrayal of Greece is a Spectre haunting the Left
Max Parry | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-10
\'Super Tuesday\' in the 2020 presidential election season is over and Senator Bernie Sanders\'s time as the unlikely frontrunner for the Democratic nomination may have stopped just as quick as it began. Despite an unprecedented smear campaign coordinated by the party leadership and corporate media against him, the self-described \"democratic socialist\" not only managed to …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/syrizas-betrayal-of-greece-is-a-spectre-haunting-the-left/

IDF Knee-Capping Besieged Gazans. Hundreds of Palestinians Killed
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
Live fire by Israeli soldiers, police, and other security forces against defenseless Palestinians threatening no one is official Jewish state policy. | What was instituted on the pretext of preventing harm to Israelis is systematically and repeatedly breached by IDF and …
globalresearch.ca/idf-knee-capping-besieged-gazans-hundreds-of-palestinians-killed/5705989

Dems Rigging Things for Establishment Figure \"Moderate Jo\" Biden?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
The myth of moderate Joe belies his hardline agenda throughout a near-half century of public life as US senator and vice president. | Along with most others on both sides of the aisle, his political record shows full support for endless …
globalresearch.ca/dems-rigging-things-establishment-figure-biden/5705968

Big banks call for Wall Street deregulation to \"fight Coronavirus\"
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-03-10
As Naomi Klein laid out in her bestseller \"Shock Doctrine,\" the wealthy elite use the confusion caused by economic and other disasters to quickly force through pro-free-market legislation. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/10/big-banks-call-for-wall-street-deregulation-to-fight-coronavirus/

Global Research: Pull-No-Punches Reporting on Global Power Relations
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
\"Global Research provides penetrating analysis of world events. The articles published by this invaluable website pull no punches in reporting on global power relations.\" |

Time to Stop Pretending People With Serious Psychosis Can be \"Independent\"
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-10
On 30 March last year, a man suffering from severe mental illness walked out of his flat in north London and stabbed a woman in the back with a knife, inflicting injuries that left her paralysed for life. She was a complete stranger to him, as were the four other people whom he met by…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/10/time-to-stop-pretending-people-with-serious-psychosis-can-be-independent/

Lock Step, This Is No Futuristic Scenario: Panic and the Post-Pandemic Future?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
Every day world mainstream news reports more people in more countries diagnosed \"positive\" for the coronavirus illness, now called COVID-19. As the reported numbers grow, so does widespread nervousness, often in the form of panic shopping for masks, disinfections, toilet …
globalresearch.ca/lock-step-no-futuristic-scenario/5705972

Team Trump Tried to Bully the ICC Into Dropping War Crimes Probe But Failed
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-10
After the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) found a reasonable basis to believe that U.S. military and CIA leaders committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, Team Trump threatened to ban ICC judges and prosecutors from the U.S. and warned it would impose economic sanctions on the Court if it launched an investigation. | Apparently succumbing to th…
truthout.org/articles/team-trump-tried-to-bully-the-icc-into-dropping-war-crimes-probe-but-failed/

Bachelet Condemns US Coercive Actions Against Venezuelan People
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Tuesday reiterated her concern about the new unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States against the Venezuelan people. | RELATED: | US, Colombia, Brazil Hold Alliance to Attack Venezuela | In the oral update on the human rights situation in Venezuela, which took place at the UN H…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bachelet-Condemns-US-Coercive-Actions-Against-Venezuelan-People-20200310-0010.html

Saudi Arabia\'s Oil Price War Could Very Easily Backfire
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
Russia\'s rejection of its OPEC+ partners\' request to further reduce oil production in response to slumping demand prompted Saudi Arabia to unwisely initiate an oil price war over the weekend as revenge, one which the Gulf country is ill-equipped to …
globalresearch.ca/saudi-arabia-oil-price-war/5705941

Russia\'s Rejection of OPEC+ Was the Result of Cold Geostrategic Calculations
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
Russia rejected its OPEC+ partners\' request late last week to further curtail its oil production next month because it understood that doing so would make its American shale rivals more competitive, which would in turn empower the US to continue …
globalresearch.ca/russia-rejection-opec-result-cold-geostrategic-calculations/5705978

Money for wars but not vaccines? Bernie panel ladles harsh truths as Americans face paying out-of-pocket for coronavirus treatment
rt.com | 2020-03-10
A panelist who took part in a coronavirus roundtable hosted by presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders scoffed at the idea that free vaccines to combat the illness would be untenable, noting that there\'s always cash to fund US wars. | The Vermont senator assembled a group of medical professionals in Detroit on Tuesday to discuss how the United States could best deal with the ongoing health crisis. | During the question and answer session, one audience member highlighted how Sanders has promised to provide free vaccines against the illness, and asked how the self-described democratic-socialist plans to pay for it.
rt.com/usa/482719-war-coronavirus-vaccine-sanders-money/

Money for wars but not vaccines? Bernie panel ladles harsh truths as Americans face paying out-of-pocket for coronavirus treatment
rt.com | 2020-03-10
A panelist who took part in a coronavirus roundtable hosted by presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders scoffed at the idea that free vaccines to combat the illness would be untenable, noting that there\'s always cash to fund US wars. | The Vermont senator assembled a group of medical professionals in Detroit on Tuesday to discuss how the United States could best deal with the ongoing health crisis. | During the question and answer session, one audience member highlighted how Sanders has promised to provide free vaccines against the illness, and asked how the self-described democratic-socialist plans to pay for it.
rt.com/usa/482719-war-coronavirus-vaccine-sanders-money/

Does the Scandinavian Model Support Bernie\'s Socialist Message?
Nick Licata | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-10
Washington Post Columnist Fareed Zakaria in an op-ed accused Bernie Sanders\'s repeated exultation of the Northern Europe countries of Denmark, Sweden and Norway as examples of the kind of economic system he wants to bring to the United States as being an unrealistic fantasy; Sanders either ignores or misunderstands their policies. When it comes to supporting working…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/10/does-the-scandinavian-model-support-bernies-socialist-message/

Video: New Idlib Ceasefire Is Already Crumbling and Nobody Is Surprised
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
On March 6, the Syrian region of Greater Idlib entered another ceasefire phase with al-Qaeda-linked groups breathing a sigh of relief thanks to Turkish sacrifices in the battle against the Syrian Army. However, the pause in the Turkish-Syrian military confrontation …
globalresearch.ca/video-new-idlib-ceasefire-already-crumbling-nobody-surprised/5705950

Prisons Worldwide Face Coronavirus Crisis: Overcrowding, Lack of Sanitation & Labor at Slave Wages
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-10
As Italy went on lockdown, nearly 30 prisons across the country broke into riots Sunday and Monday after visitation rights were suspended in response to the outbreak. In a prison in southern Italy, a riot left at least six incarcerated people dead and caused 50 people to escape. Prisoners have reportedly lit fires, charged guards and even escaped at multiple facilities. This comes as the United Nations confirmed that coronavirus had reached Iran\'s prisons, as the number of cases there continues to soar. Iran has temporarily freed some 70,000 prisoners in response to the coronavirus. And concerns are growing about…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/10/coronavirus_in_prisons_jails

Italy Is Now a Red Zone: Student at Bocconi U. Describes Strict Measures Taken to Contain COVID-19
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-10
The entire country of Italy has been placed on lockdown in an attempt to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, impacting 60 million people. People in the nationwide Red Zone will only be allowed to travel for work, medical reasons or emergencies until early next month. All schools and universities will also remain closed, major sporting events are suspended, and airline passengers now have to justify their reasons for traveling. We go to Italy to speak with Romy Kool, an international student at Bocconi University in Milan, where courses are now being taught online amid the coronavirus outbreak. We are als…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/10/italy_red_zone

Coronavirus Pandemic in U.S. Fueled by Stunted CDC Budget & Lack of Access to Healthcare, Insurance
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-10
The coronavirus pandemic has now infected more than 113,000 people worldwide, and killed more than 4,000. We are joined by two epidemiologists to examine the response so far around the world and in the United States. Thomas Bollyky is director of the global health program, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of the book \"Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World Is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways.\" We\'re also joined by Alfredo Morabia, professor of epidemiology at the Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment at Queens College, City University of New York, and edit…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/10/coronavirus_policy

Sanders and Biden Battle to Win New Democratic Primary in US
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
The United States celebrates another day of Democratic primaries this Tuesday, with former Vice President Joe Biden at the top of all polls, ahead of leftist Senator Bernie Sanders. | RELATED: | Super Tuesday: \'At Stake Is the Soul of the Democratic Party\' | Millions of people in six states will vote this Tuesday for their favorite candidate in the race for the Democratic nomination, which will challenge Republican President Donald Tr…
telesurenglish.net/news/sanders-and-biden-battle-to-win-new-democratic-primary-in-us-20200310-0013.html

\"Even a Fox News Audience Agrees\": Sanders Rebuts Claims His Views Are \"Extreme\"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-10
During a Fox News town hall Monday night in Dearborn, Michigan on the eve of the state\'s crucial Democratic presidential primary, Sen. Bernie Sanders made the case that

Abuse, Oppression and Murder: The PA Does Israel\'s Dirty Work in the West Bank
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-10
Arbitrary arrests, torture, and violence are regular occurrences in occupied Palestine. While Israel is responsible for the greater share of the violation of Palestinian human rights, the PA is part and parcel of that same Israeli strategy.
mintpressnews.com/abuse-oppression-and-murder-the-pa-does-israels-dirty-work-in-the-west-bank/265612/

Financial Meltdown: The Impending Credit Crunch; The Next Shoe to Drop?
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-10
Last week\'s violent gyrations in the stock market are the result of a tug-of-war between two well-represented groups of investors. One group thinks the Coronavirus will severely impact the global economy pushing stocks further into the red, while the other …
globalresearch.ca/impending-credit-crunch-next-shoe-drop/5705945

US, Colombia, Brazil Hold Alliance to Attack Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Venezuela\'s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza denounced that the United States, Colombia, and Brazil have established an alliance to increase the aggression against the Bolivarian people through a naval blockade. | RELATED: | Venezuela\'s Multiparty Committee Tasked to Appoint New Electoral Officials In Session | \"The White House is developing a chain of command t…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Colombia-Brazil-Hold-Alliance-to-Attack-Venezuela-20200310-0007.html

Colombia: Ivan Cepeda Accuses Right-Wing Parties of Buying Vote
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Colombian Senator Ivan Cepeda presented his formal accusation against Maria Claudia Daza, the former adviser to ex-President Alvaro Uribe\'s, due to her implication in vote buying during the 2018 elections on behalf of current mandatary Ivan Duque. | RELATED: | Violence Against Women Leaders Increases in Colombia | Cepeda, who also was a representative or the Colombian government chamber, denounced the right-wing functionary to the General Prosecutor, Francisco Barbosa Delgado. | These a…
telesurenglish.net/news/colombia-ivan-cepeda-accuses-right-wing-functionaries-of-vote-buying-20200310-0004.html

US, Colombia, Brazil Hold Alliance to Attack Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Venezuela\'s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza denounced that the United States, Colombia, and Brazil have established an alliance to increase the aggression against the Bolivarian people through a naval blockade. | RELATED: | Venezuela\'s Multiparty Committee Tasked to Appoint New Electoral Officials In Session | \"The White House is developing a chain of command t…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Colombia-Brazil-Hold-Alliance-to-Attack-Venezuela-20200310-0007.html

Merkel, Macron, Erdogan to Analyze Migration Crisis on March 17
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Turkey\'s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Germany\'s Chancellor Angela Merkel and France\'s President Emmanuel Macron will meet him in Istanbul on March 17 to discuss the migration crisis generated by the Syrian war an…
telesurenglish.net/news/Merkel-Macron-Erdogan-to-Analyze-Migration-Crisis-on-March-17-20200310-0005.html

Brazil: Feminist Farmers Start \'Seeds of Resistance\' Campaign
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Brazil\'s Movement of Female Farmers (MMC) Monday started the \"Seeds of Resistance\" national campaign as a way to highlighting social fights for gender equity, respect for Indigenous cultures, and defense of local producers. | RELATED: | US, Colombia, Brazil Hold Alliance to Attack Venezuela | This campaign also pursues to make visible the experience and wisdom of the Brazilian small farmers, who are permanently under attack from large companies, which are backed up by the far-right Pres…
telesurenglish.net/news/brazilian-women-in-defense-of-native-seeds-20200310-0012.html

China: 14 Temporary Hospitals Closed for Covid-19 Reduction
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
After a month of strict isolation and quarantine measures, the Chinese city of Wuhan, in Hubei province, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, announced Monday the closure of 14 temporary hospitals, due to low levels of infection in the territory. | RELATED: | First Case of Coronavirus Reported in Colombia and Peru | Although there are still 19,000 people hospitalized nationwide because of the epidemic, Wuhan authorities announced that, due to the low level of infection reported…
telesurenglish.net/news/china-14-temporary-hospitals-closed-for-covid19-reduction-20200310-0001.html

Russia: Lower House Approves 169 Constitutional Amendments
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Russia\'s Lower House of the Federal Assembly Tuesday unanimously approved 169 amendments to the Constitution, which were proposed by President Vladimir Putin and give Parliament more powers. | RELATED: | Russia, Turkey Agree Ceasefire Deal for Syria\'s Idlib | During the debate, Alexander Karenlin, a lawmaker of the ruling party United Russia (UR), proposed advancin…
telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-Lower-House-Approves-169-Constitutional-Amendments-20200310-0002.html

Colombia: Ivan Cepeda Accuses Right-Wing Parties of Buying Vote
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Colombian Senator Ivan Cepeda presented his formal accusation against Maria Claudia Daza, the former adviser to ex-President Alvaro Uribe\'s, due to her implication in vote buying during the 2018 elections on behalf of current mandatary Ivan Duque. | RELATED: | Violence Against Women Leaders Increases in Colombia | Cepeda, who also was a representative or the Colombian government chamber, denounced the right-wing functionary to the General Prosecutor, Francisco Barbosa Delgado. | These a…
telesurenglish.net/news/colombia-ivan-cepeda-accuses-right-wing-functionaries-of-vote-buying-20200310-0004.html

Bolivia: Congress Summons 3 Ministers to Explain Their Actions
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Bolivia\'s Plurinational Legislative Assembly (ALP) invited three ministers of the coup-born regime lead by Jeanine Añez to attend a hearing session on Wednesday. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Parliament Censors Jeanine àÅñez\'s Allies Minister | This meeting should be attended by Communication Minister Maria Fernandez, Environment Minister Maria Pinckert, and Ru…
telesurenglish.net/news/bolivia-alp-to-question-three-other-ministers-20200310-0008.html

Uruguay Withdraws From Unasur and Returns to the US-Backed TIAR
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Uruguay\'s Foreign Minister Ernesto Talvi Tuesday announced that his country withdraws from the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) and returns to the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR). | RELATED: | Uruguay: Lacalle\'s Investiture Ceremony Alined With US Biases | \"The Government of Uruguay decided to withdraw from Unasur, which has already been abandoned by most countries in the region with the exception of Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. It…
telesurenglish.net/news/Uruguay-Withdraws-From-Unasur-and-Returns-to-the-US-Backed-TIAR-20200310-0009.html

Brazil Only Buying Scrap Metal From US, Says Celso Amorim
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
Brazilian ex-chancellor Celso Amorim said that the South American nation would only buy scrap metal from the U.S. after the military agreement. | RELATED: | Brazil: Feminist Farmers Start \'Seeds of Resistance\' Campaign | According to the former diplomatic, Trump pursues to align Brazil to his politics as an ally in the region. Amorim added: \"If to do so, it is needed to do small buys or sell second hand, they will do it. We cannot be naàØve about that.\" | The ex-Foreign Minister pointed ou…
telesurenglish.net/news/brazil-will-only-get-scrap-metal-from-united-states-says-celso-amorim-20200310-0014.html

Interview: Somali captive exposes conditions in bogus \"refugee camp\"
Ben Cowles | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-10
I spoke with an enslaved person last week. An African man from Somalia trapped in a detention center in Libya. He told me his name, but I promised not to mention it. He fears the guards will kill him if they know he has spoken out. So let\'s call him Hufan. Several months ago, Hufan …
peoplesworld.org/article/interview-with-a-slave-somali-captive-exposes-conditions-in-bogus-refugee-camp/

In Brussels, Erdogan asks NATO for \'assistance\' on Syria and migrants
rt.com | 2020-03-09
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Brussels, demanding help from NATO with both the conflict on his southern border and the migrants he tried to unleash on the West, now that neither situation is going according to plan. | After meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday, the Turkish leader said he requested \"additional assistance\" from the alliance, for the \"defense\" of the Turkish border with Syria and \"in connection with the migration challenge.\" | \"We expect concrete support from all our allies to this struggle,\" Erdogan added, urging the allies to support Turkey \"without disc…
rt.com/news/482682-erdogan-nato-turkey-syria-migrants/

Turkey Ups the Stakes in Migrant Crisis
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-09
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Spain\'s PSOE-Podemos government sends police to Greece to attack migrants
wsws.org | 2020-03-09
The pseudo-left is complicit in the dispatching of police to Greece, where far right thugs are attacking refugees with the complicity of the government.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/09/spai-m09.html

Julian Assange: The Power of Truth
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-09
Julian Assange

Grayzone y CODEPINK exigen a la OEA observadores electorales internacionales de emergencia en la Primaria Presidencial Demócrata de 2020
The Grayzone | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-09
Comunicado de Prensa Contacto: The Grayzone, grayzoneproject@gmail.com Ariel Gold, ariel@codepink.org, 907-390-0847 øCuándo: 2 P.M., martes 10 de marzo de 2020…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/09/grayzone-codepink-oea-observadores-electorales-internacionales-emergencia-primaria-democrata-2020/

The Grayzone and CODEPINK demand emergency OAS election observers in 2020 Democratic presidential primary
The Grayzone | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-09
Press release Contact: The Grayzone, grayzoneproject@gmail.com Ariel Gold, ariel@codepink.org, 907-390-0847 When: 2pm, Tuesday, March 10, 2020 Where: Outside the Organization…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/09/grayzone-codepink-international-election-observers-oas-2020-democratic-primary/

Grayzone y CODEPINK exigen a la OEA observadores electorales internacionales de emergencia en la primaria presidencial demócrata de 2020
The Grayzone | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-09
The Grayzone y CODEPINK hacen un llamado a la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) a proporcionar observadores electorales internacionales…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/09/grayzone-codepink-oea-observadores-electorales-internacionales-emergencia-primaria-democrata-2020/

The Grayzone and CODEPINK demand emergency OAS election observers in 2020 Democratic presidential primary
The Grayzone | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-09
The Grayzone and CODEPINK call on the Organization of American States (OAS) to provide emergency international election observers in the…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/09/grayzone-codepink-international-election-observers-oas-2020-democratic-primary/

Watch bare-breasted protesters being CHASED by Paris police after denouncing \'PATRIARCHAL PANDEMIC\'
rt.com | 2020-03-09
Women\'s rights campaigners armed with rubber gloves, purple smoke and exposed breasts went out to symbolically cleanse Paris\' streets of the \'patriarchy virus\', but local cops shooed them away. | The performance, by the activist group Femen, was timed to coincide with International Women\'s Day on Sunday. Some 40 protesters wearing plastic coveralls, rubber gloves and protective glasses

\"It\'s a Real Mess\": Afghan Rivals Both Claim Presidency as Ongoing Attacks Could Derail Peace Deal
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-09
Since last month\'s U.S.-Taliban peace plan, there have been nearly 80 attacks in Afghanistan. The violence could derail the deal that calls for U.S. troops to withdraw over the next 14 months. This comes as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and top political leader Abdullah Abdullah both claimed that they won the presidential election at dual inauguration ceremonies today in Kabul, and members of the Taliban and the Afghan government were set to start direct negotiations on Tuesday. We speak with Washington Post reporter Craig Whitlock, who recently won the George Polk Award for Military Reporting for his in-depth in…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/9/afghanistan_papers_craig_whitlock_washington_post

US starts pulling out troops from Afghanistan – report
rt.com | 2020-03-09
American troops have reportedly begun their initial troop withdrawal as part of the US-Taliban peace agreement, with hundreds of soldiers leaving the country on Monday with no plans for replacements. | Speaking to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity, a US official confirmed the beginning steps of the withdrawal process have begun, with plans to drop the number of US troops in the country from 13,000 to 8,600. | According to the signed peace agreement, the withdrawal process for US troops had to begin 10 days within the signing of the agreement, which took place on February 29. Defense Secretary…
rt.com/news/482686-us-afghanistan-troops-pullout/

PSL Public Forum: A Women\'s Place is in the Struggle: Honoring IWD
Jon Britton | indybay.org | 2020-03-09
San Jose Peace & Justice Center, 48 S Seventh Street, San Jose, CA 95112…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/09/18831402.php

There Have Been Nearly 80 Attacks in Afghanistan Since US Signed \"Peace Deal\"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-09
Since last month\'s U.S.-Taliban peace plan, there have been nearly 80 attacks in Afghanistan. The violence could derail the deal that calls for U.S. troops to withdraw over the next 14 months. This comes as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and top political leader Abdullah Abdullah both claimed that they won the presidential election at dual inauguration ceremonies today in Kabul, and members of the Taliban and the Afghan government were set to start direct negotiations on Tuesday. We speak with Was…
truthout.org/video/there-have-been-nearly-80-attacks-in-afghanistan-since-us-signed-peace-deal/

How the New US-Afghanistan Peace Deal Rekindled a \"Business Friendly Taliban\"
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-09
America\'s relationship with the Taliban has always been determined by how useful they are at advancing US interests in the region and the Trump administration\'s recent efforts to make \"peace\" with the group are no exception.
mintpressnews.com/us-afghanistan-peace-deal-rekindled-business-friendly-taliban/265573/

Barham Salih: Iraq Doesn\'t Need Foreign Presence on Its Soil
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-09
The Iraqi people do not need foreign countries on their territory to preserve their sovereignty, the president of this Middle Eastern nation Barham Salih said on Sunday. | RELATED: | UN Envoy Condemns Use of Pellets Against Iraqi Protesters | \"The best way for Iraq to overcome the current crisis is through national unity,\" the leader said Sunday during a meeting with the secretary of Iran\'s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamjani. | In the meeting between the two officials…
telesurenglish.net/news/barham-salih-iraq-doesnt-need-foreign-presence-on-its-soil-20200309-0008.html

Chile: General Strike on Second Day of Feminist Protests
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-09
The 8M Coordination called for a general strike on Monday, as part of the second day of major feminist protests in Chile. | RELATED: | Latin America\'s Women\'s Day: Huge Marches Across the Continent | With the support of numerous social organizations, the main concentration will take place in the Plaza de la Dignidad, in Santiago de Chile, at 11: 00 A.M.. From there, the demonstrators will walk along the Alameda, the main avenue of the country\'s capital. | The strike, called to dem…
telesurenglish.net/news/chile-general-strike-on-second-day-of-feminist-protests-20200309-0006.html

20 Provinces on Alert for Heavy Rains in the Dominican Republic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-09
The Emergency Operations Center (COE) declared that 20 of the 31 provinces in the Dominican Republic are on high alert due to the threat of flooding and land displacement due to heavy rains in the territory. | RELATED: | DR: Medina Offers Triumphalist Speech to Downplay Protests | In its most recent report, COE published that the provinces of Spaillat, Puerto Plata, Santiago, La Vega, Monseñor Noel, Duarte, and Samaná y Maria Trinidad Sanchez were declared on yellow alert. The pr…
telesurenglish.net/news/20-provinces-on-alert-for-heavy-rains-in-the-dominican-republic-20200309-0007.html

Don\'t Expect a Democratic President to Roll Back Trump\'s Policies
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-09
America\'s health care, its poor, its black and Hispanic minorities and the contest between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders don\'t amount to a hill of beans in the Middle East. And many American voters

International Court Approves Probe of US War Crimes in Afghanistan
Bill Van Auken | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-09
An appellate panel of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled Thursday that an investigation leading to the potential prosecution of US officials for war crimes during Washington\'s nearly two-decade-old war in Afghanistan can move forward. | Fatou Bensouda, the court\'s …
globalresearch.ca/international-court-approves-probe-us-war-crimes-afghanistan/5705849

Patterns of Occupied Palestine and Kashmir: Part 4 of Uncountable
Priti Gulati Cox | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-09
Aaj Woh Kashmir Hai Mehkoom-O-Faqeer Kal Jise Ahl-E-Nazar Kehte Thay Iran-E-Sagheer (Today that land of Kashmir, under the heels of the enemy, has become weak, helpless and poor/Once known among the wise as Little Iran)

Patterns of Occupied Palestine and Kashmir: Part 4 of Uncountable
Priti Gulati Cox | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-09
Aaj Woh Kashmir Hai Mehkoom-O-Faqeer Kal Jise Ahl-E-Nazar Kehte Thay Iran-E-Sagheer (Today that land of Kashmir, under the heels of the enemy, has become weak, helpless and poor/Once known among the wise as Little Iran)

Guyana: Voting Results Postponed Again Amid Political Crisis
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-09
While in Guyana the two political parties continue to claim victory in the March 2 presidential elections, voting results were again postponed indefinitely on Sunday, according to local sources. | RELATED: | Guyana: Electoral Dispute to Continue in Court Amid Discontent | Guyana\'s Supreme Court on Sunday approved an order preventing the country\'s Electoral Commission from declaring a winner in this month\'s presidential election. | This decision postpones the results of the vote…
telesurenglish.net/news/guyana-voting-results-again-postponed-amid-political-crisis-20200309-0003.html

Coronavirus: New York Won\'t Close Schools Because Homeless Kids Have Nowhere Else to Go
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-09
For many thousands of students across New York City and the United States, school is the only place they receive regular meals, shelter, medical care, and other vital services.
mintpressnews.com/coronavirus-new-york-schools-homeless-kids-have-nowhere-to-go/265603/

The Trevor Phillips suspension is exposing the British media for the shyster it is
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-03-09
The Labour Party has suspended Trevor Phillips over allegations of Islamophobia. The response from British media outlets and figures is a sight to behold. Because it\'s a far cry from their coverage of alleged antisemitism in the party. | Islamophobia: | The Times first reported on Phillips\'s suspension, describing him as a \"pioneering anti-racism campaigner\". The ex-head of t…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/03/09/the-trevor-phillips-suspension-is-exposing-the-british-media-for-the-shyster-it-is/

Ceasefire in Syria: Dead on Arrival?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-09
Ceasefire in Syria\'s Idlib province is more illusion than reality. | At best, principles Putin and Erdogan agreed on last Thursday abated fighting short-term without halting it or preventing a flareup like all previous times when ceasefires were declared throughout years …
globalresearch.ca/ceasefire-syria-dead-arrival/5705845

No End to Endless War in Syria
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-09
Obama\'s war in Syria, now Trump\'s, continues endlessly. | On or about the Ides of March, US aggression in Syria will enter its 10th year with no prospect for near-term resolution. | Tens of thousands of heavily armed jihadists remain in Idlib …
globalresearch.ca/no-end-endless-war-syria/5705895

Market Turmoil. The US Economy is House of Cards
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-09
In his book titled \"Capitalism and Freedom,\" economist Milton Friedman said \"only a crisis

\"Afghanistan Papers\" Reveal How Presidents & Generals Misled the American Public on War\'s Progress
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-09
Washington Post reporter Craig Whitlock has just won a George Polk Award for Military Reporting for his in-depth investigation called \"The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War.\" He joins us to describe how, after getting a tip, he fought for three years to get the federal government to release a trove of confidential interviews it conducted with people directly involved in the nearly two-decade-long war. He ultimately obtained more than 2,000 documents that revealed how presidents, generals and diplomats across three administrations had intentionally misled the American public about the longest war in…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/9/afghanistan_papers_craig_whitlock_part_2

Coronavirus already impacting 2020 elections; labor\'s presidential forum cancelled
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-09
A Bernie Sanders-Joe Biden forum planned by the AFL-CIO in Orlando this Thursday has been cancelled due to concern about the coronavirus. The nation\'s largest labor federation also cancelled the entire meeting of its 2020 winter executive council meeting which was to start tomorrow and continue through the week. The presidents and leaders of almost …
peoplesworld.org/article/coronavirus-already-impacting-2020-elections-labors-presidential-forum-cancelled/

The History of Socialism and Social Democracy. SYRIZA\'s Betrayal of Greece Is a Spectre Haunting the Left
Max Parry | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-09
\'Super Tuesday\' in the 2020 presidential election season is over and Senator Bernie Sanders\'s time as the unlikely frontrunner for the Democratic nomination may have stopped just as quick as it began. Despite an unprecedented smear campaign coordinated by | …
globalresearch.ca/syriza-betrayal-greece-spectre-haunting-left/5705809

The Criminality of the Democratic Party. DNC Maneuvers to Derail Bernie Sanders
Donald Monaco | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-09
The utter and complete corruption of the Democratic Party is on full display as the DNC desperately maneuvers to derail the insurgent candidacy of Bernie Sanders by denying him a majority of delegates to the July convention in Minneapolis. Winning …
globalresearch.ca/criminality-democratic-party/5705869

How the Last Presidential Election Changed Rural Organizing in the South
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-09
There\'s been an organizing surge across the rural South since Donald Trump decisively won the region in the 2016 presidential election. Several coalitions, collectives, and grassroots networks have sprung up since then

Organizers Inspired by Sanders Are Changing the Landscape in the Rural South
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-09
There\'s been an organizing surge across the rural South since Donald Trump decisively won the region in the 2016 presidential election. Several coalitions, collectives, and grassroots networks have sprung up since then

Joe Biden is Demented Racist Shark Food
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-09
Biden helped author and worked to pass the racist federal mass incarceration Three Strikes crime bill of 1994. He has boasted of his ability to work with segregationists as a U.S. senator in the 1970s, when he opposed federal desegregation busing orders and worried about sending his children to desegregated schools. He boasts about his ability to work with racist Republicans today. He offered creepy racialized praise for presidential candidate Barack Obama by calling him \"articulate\" and \"clean.\"
counterpunch.org/2020/03/09/joe-biden-is-demented-racist-shark-food/

Joe Biden is Demented Racist Shark Food
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-09
Biden helped author and worked to pass the racist federal mass incarceration Three Strikes crime bill of 1994. He has boasted of his ability to work with segregationists as a U.S. senator in the 1970s, when he opposed federal desegregation busing orders and worried about sending his children to desegregated schools. He boasts about his ability to work with racist Republicans today. He offered creepy racialized praise for presidential candidate Barack Obama by calling him \"articulate\" and \"clean.\"
counterpunch.org/2020/03/09/joe-biden-is-demented-racist-shark-food/

Brazilian Black Intellectuals Against Marielle Franco TV Series
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-09
The Brazilian media conglomerate O Globo and the streaming platform Globoplay announced the production of a TV Series based on the personality and vital events of the councilwoman Marielle Franco, who was murdered in 2018. Brazilian communication professionals and intellectuals who belong to the black community manifested against the audiovisual. | RELATED: | Brazil Requests Impeachment for Jair Bolsonaro | In a communication published on the website Alma Preta, journalists, scriptwriters, di…
telesurenglish.net/news/–brazilian-black-intellectuals–against-tv-series-about-marielle-franco-20200309-0004.html

Brazil Requests Impeachment for Jair Bolsonaro
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-09
On March 16, Brazilian deputies will call for the removal of ultra-right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro due to his attempts to provoke an institutional crisis and incite his supporters to close down Congress. | RELATED: | Brazil, US Sign Agreement to Increase Military Cooperation | \"Bolsonaro intends to lead Brazil into chaos,\" said congressman Alexandre Frota, referring to messages sent by the president to a large number of people, urging them to join a demonstration in support of…
telesurenglish.net/news/brazil-requests-impeachment-for-jair-bolsonaro-20200309-0001.html

\'Additional push to the wheel of change\': Sudan\'s PM tweets that he is fine after surviving assassination attempt
rt.com | 2020-03-09
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has confirmed that he is safe and well after a blast shook the capital city, Khartoum. Officials confirmed it was an attempt on the leader\'s life. | \"I assure the Sudanese people that I am well and completely healthy,\" Hamdok wrote in a tweet shortly after the attack on Monday. | I would like to assure the people of Sudan that I am safe and in good shape. Rest assured that what happened today will not stand in the way of our transition, instead it is an additional push to the wheel of change in Sudan. pic.twitter.com/zeC2A4k2N0–…
rt.com/news/482644-hamdok-tweet-assassination-attempt/

Sudanese Prime Minister Survives Assassination Attempt
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-09
Sudan\'s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Monday survived a failed assassination attempt in the capital Khartoum, Sudan\'s official TV reported. | RELATED: | Sudan To Hand Ex-President Al-Bashir to ICC over Genocide | The report did not give any further details about the assassination attempt. | Meanwhile, official SUNA news agency reported that Hamdok \"is well and at a safe place,\" after his motorcade came under the bombing attempt. | The incident took place at the entry of Kober bri…
telesurenglish.net/news/Sudanese-Prime-Minister-Survives-Assassination-Attempt–20200309-0005.html

Greek police shoot at refugees using live ammunition
wsws.org | 2020-03-09
More than 10,000 people are trapped in the Greek-Turkey border area, unable to move backward or forward.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/09/gree-m09.html

New Putin-Erdogan Deal Is Sugar-coating the Turks\' Surrender
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-09
This week\'s meeting between Presidents Putin and Erdogan in Moscow was cast as preventing a war between Russia and Turkey in Syria. War, however, was never on the horizon. Putin called Erdogan\'s bluff, and the Turk folded. | Russian President Vladimir | …
globalresearch.ca/new-putin-erdogan-deal-sugar-coating-turk-surrender/5705852

Cease Fire Rejected. Turkey Doesn\'t Consider Al Qaeda as a Terrorist Group. Erdogan Sends More Troops into Idlib
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-09
The latest agreement of ceasefire between the Russian President and the Turkish madman Erdogan explicitly excludes combating terrorists. Erdogan doesn\'t consider al-Qaeda as a terrorist group, he invested heavily in this organization especially in Syria and lately in Libya….
globalresearch.ca/turkish-hts-rejected-ceasefire-erdogan-sends-more-troops-idlib/5705864

Reasons behind market panic investigated: Has Saudi Arabia learned from its past oil gambling mistakes?
rt.com | 2020-03-09
The country that pulled the final trigger to send oil prices into a freefall, Saudi Arabia, may suffer most from the oil market turmoil, analyst Kamel Wazne says, noting that Riyadh has already made such an error before. | Global markets were already on edge due to slowing economic growth and the coronavirus epidemic, when OPEC and allied oil-producing states failed to come to an agreement last week. As Russia turned its back to deeper output cuts fearing that the US would just take its market share, Saudi Arabia decided to restrain itself from cutting production and offer a discount for its crude exporters.
rt.com/business/482650-saudi-arabia-oil-mistake/

Coronavirus and Ebola Show We Can\'t Leave Vaccine Development to Big Pharma
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-09
Five years after an Ebola epidemic killed more than 11,000 people across West Africa, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced at the end of December 2019 that Merck, the behemoth, for-profit pharmaceutical company based in New Jersey, had received approval for an Ebola vaccine. | But this is hardly a success story. In fact,…
truthout.org/articles/coronavirus-and-ebola-show-we-cant-leave-vaccine-development-to-big-pharma/

Coronavirus: PM holds Cobra meeting as minister warns against sports shutdown
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-09
Cancelling sports events and shutting museums and galleries due to coronavirus would be \"premature\", the culture secretary has said, as the prime minister gathered ministers for an emergency Cobra meeting to discuss the next steps to tackle the illness.While some other European countries are cancelling mass gatherings or limiting the number of people who can attend big events, Oliver Dowden said there are \"no plans\" for Britain to follow suit.Dowden insisted the government is following the advice of health officials and, while the situation is kept under review, there is currently \"no need\" to cancel big events o…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/03/09/coronavirus-pm-holds-cobra-meeting-as-minister-warns-against-sports-shutdown/

Irish government cancels St. Patrick\'s Day parade over coronavirus fears
rt.com | 2020-03-09
There will be much less green in Ireland this March than in previous years, as its government has cancelled the St. Patrick\'s Day festival and parade amid growing concerns over the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the country. | The decision was made at a cabinet meeting on Monday afternoon and a press conference is expected to follow later in the day, state broadcaster RTE reported. | Doctors had been calling for the cancellation of the massive international event, which draws hundreds of thousands to Dublin every year

Bernie v. Biden (v. Trump) on China
Rob Howse, Zephyr Teachout | thenation.com | 2020-03-09
Bernie v. Biden (v. Trump) on China…
thenation.com/article/politics/sander-biden-trump-china-coronavirus/

Italian prisoners RIOT over coronavirus safety measures (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-03-09
Italy, which is battling the worst Covid-19 outbreak in Europe, has experienced a series of prison riots in virus-plagued areas. The unrest has been triggered by a move to suspend family visits over the coronavirus threat. | \"There have been a series of rebellions across the country,\" Italy\'s prison administration head Francesco Basentini said on Monday. | The government\'s efforts to contain the virus, which has already killed over 360 people across the nation, triggered riots at several prisons in Italy. While staying inside might be not the worst way to avoid the coronavirus, some prisoners, apparently, want…
rt.com/news/482656-italy-coronavirus-prisoner-riots/

India restricts drug exports due to coronavirus impacts, threatening global drug supply
wsws.org | 2020-03-09
As India is a major global supplier of generic drugs, there are widespread fears that the export restrictions will lead to pharmaceutical price-hikes and shortages in countries around the world.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/09/indd-m08-m09.html

Weaponized coughing: The new way to argue when words fail in the coronavirus era (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-03-09
As coronavirus tensions rise amid panic buying, event cancellations and self-isolation and quarantine, it is unsurprising that some have sought to weaponize the outbreak by deliberately coughing at others. | Authorities around the world have advised people to cover their mouths when coughing or sneezing and to wash their hands repeatedly throughout the day, but as video from multiple incidents around the world have shown, some are wielding people\'s fears against them in a disgusting and petty bid to win arguments. | Cabin fever | Video purports to show cabin crew wrestling a frustrated but unruly airline passe…
rt.com/news/482642-weaponized-coughing-coronavirus-era/